As Judith Soo Jin Raphael’s fifti­eth birth­day nears, the half-Kore­an, half-Jew­ish cel­list’s life is in chaos. Her first love returns to daz­zle her. Her long-absent father arrives out of the blue. And her men­tor at the Mary­land Phil­har­mon­ic Orches­tra falls seri­ous­ly ill. But she’s con­vinced that hap­pi­ness will arrive any day now. She’s just got to hold on tight dur­ing this midlife shake-up…